Ghost Recon Maps - Castle, Prison Camp, Docks, etc.

[lightspeed_aust 681]

Hiya, this thread is evolving.

 

While I started with Castle Day from Ghost Recon, the WIP is evolving, read on:

 

 

It's not a whole map that I'm making as such but what one would call a map from Ghost Recon.

For those who loved and played the original Ghost Recon, Castle Day was used in a couple of coop missions but was renowned by PvP players as one of the great maps.

I knew there were some castle assets in the editor (thanks to CUP team bringing them across to A3) and the Eden Editor makes object placement easy.

So I thought I would try and create a solid remake of the map.

 

This is what I have so far after 4 days (or about 10 hours) in the editor.

 

 

I'd like to put it out there for some PvP testing soon because I can't wait to relive the glory days of Castle Day.

Then I'll knock out a couple of Ghost Recon missions on it.

 

A bunch more new screenshots here of other OGR remakes I've been working on - https://postimg.org/gallery/1bw5dyfz6/97dbf575/

 

Competed compositions -

 

:)

 

lightspeed the ghost recon diehard

[Rich_R 1087]

Nice work. This was my first venture into anything MilSim. Having it Arma would bring back some very cool memories.

[Macser 776]

There's a really good resemblance to the original. Excellent job. I always loved Ghost recon 1, and still break it out now and then. :)

[martinezfg11 334]

Wow, all the memories.

[8LacK5naK3 192]

Shamefully, I did *finally* retire my OGR install a couple of years back. So many thousands of hours. So many happy times :)

 

I did run this particular map/mission many a time, and the look and atmosphere is really spot on, given the models to work with. Very nice indeed.

[john111 76]

This looks great!   Wonder if I could ask for a re-creation of the Terrorist hunt mission Camp aswell?   That would be amazing if we can get that as a placeable composition and a mission to play with!

 

Keep up this great work!  Hope to see much from Ghost Recon in Arma 3. 

[lightspeed_aust 681]

Yup, recreating Witch Fire at the moment, and will set up a Terrorist Hunt too.

Then for old times sake I want to set up a Total Random Respawns MP game (you have 3 or 5 respawns and you will respawn at one of 30 different positions in and around the castle.

[john111 76]

Yes!  Waiting for this.....If we could get this as a pre-made template/composition ,it will be a "always use" mod/composition for me!  A +1.

[lightspeed_aust 681]

Yup, that's the plan.

[jarrad96 1940]

Thank you so much- I'll be making some missions on this with my GR mod :)

[lightspeed_aust 681]

Nice

[Andy Pipkin 77]

The first Ghost Recon... remember good old times!

 

Good luck for this project, I liked it!

[jeza 5415]

Everybody get your passports ready.

[lightspeed_aust 681]

So I thought last night, if I'm going to do this, let's see what else I can produce.

This was round about the same time as I said, f* let's have a crack at the OGR Campaign on Chernarus - the ideal map really for OGR.

 

Castle - Done.

Caves - Done, so to speak. Impossible to recreate the map but I have created a good cave and it's hidden somewhere up in the hills.

POW Camp - done.

 

I don't think I can produce it all but I think I can recreate at least half of the missions.

 

I will do half of this as a winter campaign using Winter Chernarus.

 

I'm excited already.

[jeza 5415]

As CUP is running with those, I know first mission was cave not a silo but for some of the indoor complex missions ect Pook did nice 'indoor' silo

http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=31250

[lightspeed_aust 681]

Today I found the right spot for Farm Night also known as Eager Smoke, and have placed the objects.

Looks good already!

 

While Island Thunder was a remake with some new ideas incorporated and not much stealth required, I want to create missions this time round with less opfor but with a requirement to maintain stealth for a period of time as part of completing objectives.

[john111 76]

Will you make weapons too?  There are a lot,or at least the XM-25 and various other guns that where in mods of that day.I hope that the Terrorist Hideout Camp /Hunt will be at least that big ,we can put down a helo (or 3 at once)  inside of it.

 

Or maybe different sizes of camps.  If you need a Snowstorm script,there is one on Armaholic. If possible,could we use zeus to change weather?

 

Will you make a entire campain for A3?  Would be great.But I would also like the various assets to be as a composition we could place where ever we

wanted to.

 

Keep this up! Many people like it. 

[Adacas 1534]

Now because of you I got to download Ghost Recon and replay it for good old times sake.

[lightspeed_aust 681]

Will you make weapons too? There are a lot,or at least the XM-25 and various other guns that where in mods of that day.I hope that the Terrorist Hideout Camp /Hunt will be at least that big ,we can put down a helo (or 3 at once) inside of it.

Or maybe different sizes of camps. If you need a Snowstorm script,there is one on Armaholic. If possible,could we use zeus to change weather?

Will you make a entire campain for A3? Would be great.But I would also like the various assets to be as a composition we could place where ever we

wanted to.

Keep this up! Many people like it.

Not sure what camp you're talking about?

I will be putting together their gear and weapons.

[lightspeed_aust 681]

Docks Night with 2 Sub Pens on Winter Chernarus - done.

[lightspeed_aust 681]

Check out the screenshots in OP - not bad for a weeks work.

[lightspeed_aust 681]

I've gone back to do a lot more work on Caves to try to create that feeling of moving up through forbidding cliffs and some well-placed machine gun nests.

Obviously can't do it exactly like the original but I feel like this does the original justice.

Also have mission objectives placed and starting to run a few tests.

Kits are pretty much same as Island Thunder but the uniforms get an overhaul as per OGR.

[lightspeed_aust 681]

So f*n annoying, I built the whole Caves mission and started testing but it's unplayable because for AI it's like tree canopys and forest generally just dont exist.

Readily engaging through 300 m of forest like its a barren, open field.

 

So downing tools on this until I can figure out alternative - leaning towards creating it all on an A3 map which is def not ideal, in fact it's f*ed.

[lightspeed_aust 681]

Dumbing down ai detection skills seems to have worked so game on.

[jeza 5415]

Little look from Apex's heroes unleashed campaign edit of castle